| Ideas, thinking (15 Records) |
Ideas, thinking |
A Project process, getting it all together - target One Match Tournament #RABHRN.15166 Exp 12-30
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| A-1. First impression lasts a long time #RABHRN.15562 Exp 09-04
Price: $0.02 / My two cents worth
My early newspaper career answering the Peru Daily Tribune phone to report scores of the Indiana High School annual basket ball tournament with sectionals in 1954. Some subscribers did not have dial phones, particularly those on the farm, who had to share "party" lines.
Impressions:
Every school started out even and many little schools won the first round
Fan base will do almost anything for their team
Students, parents and grandparents followed the event even after their team had been eliminated.
Passion for the activity, players and school spirit seemed to increase every year. In smaller towns, it was just as intense or maybe even more rabid.
Newspapers would often sell advertising for a "signature page" to wish the team well.
Paid subscribers often would be better customers because they may have felt a little bit like "owners" and not just participants.
If you want to get a taste of the Indiana basketball passion click the link following which will take you to a story about the movie "Hooisers" and Indiana Pacers wearing the uniforms for remembering...
History: It's been almost 25 years ago the family newspapers were sold and I have developed a format for tools that provide significant content and since I am not much good with details, the age has caught up and it doesn't work like it was designed, but it still works for my purposes.
I have purposely set out to make things happen and have not done much on the revenue side but am pleased with the value many tell me it has been helpful. So I keep it alive, although keeping up with added activities, it is getting close to the time I will just get too tired.
So if you want to particpate and maybe learn how it works, you can have as much fun as I have had. Simply let me know you want to participate and we will work something out.
And the web site link below takes you to the movie about "Hoosiers" if you want to get to the detail of the actual sight, go to this link:
http://www.radioad.org/bhrn/classifieds/listings.php?catcode=Idea
| A-2. Second impression lasts a long time as well, but it doesn't have the cache, and you wonder... #RABHRN.15563 Exp 01-04
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Impressions about flowers, let alone gladiolas, doesn't excite me much, but those who grow them
have a passion no less.
When I moved from Peru to Wabash, I had my first introductions to the flower since there was a
festival annually which was instigated by Jerry Jontry.
Jerry, maybe my dad's best friend, by that time had moved from the Plain Dealer to become the
publisher of Esquire Magazine in New York City.
I'm not sure exactly when the first came to Wabash but it was Jerry's baby.
It's still going. My first time was probably 1956.
And it's a lesson and impression I learned from Jerry. You don't really know how much passion
is available until you try it and if you are lucky it will take off by itself.
And some will need a little persuasion and a lot of help to watch the idea take hold.
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| A-2a. Second impression #RABHRN.15564 Exp 01-04
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Impression learned, you don't have to go to NYC when it might be in your backyard or just your neighborhood, or school, or town.
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| A-4 Fourth impression #RABHRN.15566 Exp 01-04
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This is looking north on Wabash Street going up the hill for two blocks. Many were not prosperous retail downtown on Cass, Miami, Wabash streets.
After the Auburn Evening Star was sold, I moved back to Wabash as the Plain Dealer publisher.
I had always been active with the racquet sports and helped establish the Indiana State Racquetball Association and racquetball was getting a lot of interest.
In the middle of the block, the building was historic but had been empty for many years. It had been the plumbing operation for Mark C. Honeywell, who became a prominent Wabash citizen. Few would consider it a good place for foot traffic and even though it was right on the alley there was no parking other than those parallel on the hill.
The building was 22 x 60 and had a complete basement and second floor, which the pigeons had taken over.
But if you look at it with an idea, it would make a perfect racquet ball court, with enough room for a shower and changing area all on one floor. In the same space as the front room there could be a small apartment on the second floor.
It had also begun to have repair issues. So I got a good deal and had some credibility as several of us were setting up the Indiana Racquetball Association.
Impression: Often there is an opportunity hiding and often it is simply neglected and different paths to make it useful without a lot of hard earned cash.
And as we were working on building interest and players for racquetball, one of our sponsors was Wilson Sporting Goods, which was the principal help for a tournament tour around the state. Many smaller cities were building courts and it was very popular, and Wilson was very pleased with what we were doing.
After 1980 and a divorce I moved to Indianapolis and kept active with racquetball around the state and helped a friend of mine with his retail tennis shop.
We had been doing spring breaks destination Florida at Marco Island and played with several different racquetball friends and around 2010 a few were playing pickleball.
Impression: It was quickly apparent to me it was a game players would find fun and the more I played the less I played racquetball and the more I thought about pickleball and its future.
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| A-5 Fifth impression #RABHRN.15565 Exp 01-04
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After playing in several pickleball tournaments, I was convinced this was another opportunity to be on the ground floor of something likely to last. At that point there was no tennis company manufacturer or other likely supplier for products: shoes, grips, clothes, hats, shirts, etc.
And the tournament championship was named after a long time player in Utah. It was obvious to me, a national tournament could easily be done...and since pickleball is different in outdoors and indoors because the specifications for the ball is different, there was two opportunities. Wilson was a splendid prospect for that opportunity.
Impression:
Usually there is a handicap for someone with an idea and not a company which has a department to do the same creations. And once they are involved, it's a high hurdle to get over.
The only advantage I had was getting records which would prove what the historical record would be.
When I was with the newspaper, we did this regularly and often were in the race to get it first but first get it right. Nixon Newspapers in many markets and sizes would be ahead of most others. Some was brazen bold ideas and work out consequences later. And we often were rewarded with recognition. I'm not sure how many of our staff is in the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame but I can send you the link if you are interested. Not sure if that is worth much, but it sure helped us get very good help and reward them with recognition.
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160 W Carmel Dr, Carmel IN 46032
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| A-6a Fifth impression #RABHRN.15567 Exp 01-04
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It is value to me to have the history correct and the Indiana trademark includes both the singular and plural.
For the love of the game, Thought it would be negative if I tried to use the legal system to settle the difference of option.
And recently they paid me for those details, and they did a magnificent job building the event, much better than I would have done...
Impression: It's always better to cross the "t" and dot the "i" because it is easier in the long run and you will sleep better at night.
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160 W Carmel Dr, Carmel IN 46032
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| A-6b Fifth impression #RABHRN.15588 Exp 01-13
| A-7 Seventh impression #RABHRN.15568 Exp 01-04
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I don't want to intrude or waste your time, but I think I have a project that would be as good or better as the pickleball adventure and will provide specific current details.
And it would fit for multiple venues each cycle, which might be more than annually.
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160 W Carmel Dr, Carmel IN 46032
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| A-8 Established player id for any combintatin for doubels or singles #RABHRN.15599 Exp 01-31
Price: $0.02 / My two cents worth
Creative Thinking, Inc. 317/844-8189 (O) 777-4389 (C)
160 W Carmel Dr, Carmel IN 46032
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| A-8 Ideas to blast off #RABHRN.15600 Exp 01-31
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Creative Thinking, Inc. 317/844-8189 (O) 777-4389 (C)
160 W Carmel Dr, Carmel IN 46032
Contact: Don Nixon, Editor, Publisher, Proofreader Email: dmn.ez.nni@gmail.com |
| A-8 work place Eagles Nest #RABHRN.15598 Exp 01-31
Price: $0.02 / My two cents worth
Creative Thinking, Inc. 317/844-8189 (O) 777-4389 (C)
160 W Carmel Dr, Carmel IN 46032
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| A-9 Other activites help putting together a package #RABHRN.15601 Exp 01-31
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160 W Carmel Dr, Carmel IN 46032
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| Ranking Index: Stadiums and event parks #EZ.57054 Exp 12-15
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..1. = 6,800,000 Madison Square Garden / Pennsylvania Plaza, Pasadena, NY
..2. = 6,440,000 Grand Park Sports Campus / Grand Park Blvd, Westfield IN
..3. = 6,020,000 Fenway Park / Yawkey Way, Boston MA
..4. = 5,800,000 Orange County Convention Center, International Dr, Orlando FL
..5. = 5,640,000 Truist Park, Battery Ave SE, Atlanta GA
..6. = 5,130,000 Dodger Stadium / Vin Sculley Ave, Los Angeles CA
..7. = 4,910,000 MetLIfe Stadium / MetLife Stadium Dr, E Rutherford NJ
..8. = 4,350,000 Spooky Nook Sports / Champ Blvd, Manheim PA
..9. = 4,080,000 Citi Field / Seaver Way, Queens NY
10. = 4,010,000 Wrigley Field / W Addison St, Chicago IL
| US Open Indoor Championships® #RABHRN.15597 Exp 01-31
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Super show in Atlanta which brought together most companies which provided retail stores with sporting goods equipment. Many store owners would wander the isles to see what was new.
As it got older and bigger, the dominant companies like "NIKE" and "adidas" began to see which would have the best exhibit and the cost of that race made it too costly for any of the small businesses to virtually be noticed, but it no longer had value to any media company to explain the newest tool for games.
BUT, the content made the event valuable to store owners, enthusiastic media people, and professional and amateur players, who was the catalyst for the game improving whether fishing, team sports or individual sports.
Camps
Equipment (Apparel, balls, grips, paddles, shoes, socks)
One Match Tournament®
Players
Ranking
Sponsors
Tournaments
Venues
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